Improvement in plows



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. GORDON, OF LA PORTE, INDIANA.

|MPRovEM ENT IN PLows.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 107.4 S l (lated Se', iember 20, 1870.

Y of this specification.

Similar letters indicate like parts.

Figure l represents the combined plow. Fig. 2 represents a single plow.

A and B represent the plows,vwith both the plow-handles attached to A.

C represents the draft-rod.

a a ce represent the cross-bars connecting the two plowbeams, and are held in place by the pins b b b and arms c o c, as well as by the rods d d, which serve to prevent the plowfrom'swaying to and fro, and can be adjusted in the holes e e e, in ease of contracting or Widening the plow.

The tongue or draft-rod C, to which the animals are attached, is secured tothe middle crossbar, a, and, as will be seen, is adjusta ble and plays in slotted cross-bars a.

To form a single plow from thedouble one,

I detach one beam from the other beam by unserewing the arms c c c, which loosens the pins b b b, and removing the rods d cl from their holes e.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the plows A B, having both handles attached to plow-beam A. coupling-bars a a a", adjustable brace-rods d d, and draft-rod C, all combined and arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

La Porte, May 12, 1870. y

CHARLES M. GORDON.

Vitnesses: y

ROBT. A. HEWs, MORTIMER NYE. 

